Under the blazing midday sun, at an army base outside Caracas, middle-aged Venezuelan military commanders were being told how to teach the civilian population in guerrilla warfare. Hundreds of officers in olive combat dress were shown practical displays of Venezuela's new military thinking: The use of civilians to fight a war of resistance in the event of an invasion. They are now using this knowledge to train around 2m civilians to become military reservists. The first half-a-million adults are already being put through the four-month programme. The rest are expected follow over the coming months. Lt Col Antonio Benavides, of the elite National Guard commando regiment, is responsible for training many of the military professionals who will in turn instruct the reservists. Lt Col Benavides started the first lesson of the day: The art of camouflage. ... http://news.bbc.co.uk

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If you knew your neighbors had cheated on their taxes, should you turn them in? More than three of every five people surveyed by the IRS Oversight Board said you should. The board, which provides independent oversight and advice for the Internal Revenue Service, found 62 percent of people surveyed last summer completely or mostly agreed that "it is everyone's personal responsibility to report anyone who cheats on their taxes." The year before, 53 percent agreed with that view. The board didn't delve too much deeper during its interviews with 1,000 people, nor did the board ask a sociologist or psychologist to interpret the results. Chairman Raymond Wagner speculated that a spate of financial scandals caused taxpayers to reconnect with their honesty and integrity. When a country passes the point where most will willingly be unpaid informants for a Government that they must know is completely corrupted, then what way is left to others to stop a full fledged Police State?...http://www.denverpost.com/nationworld/ci_3572718

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's visit to Washington is being touted as a simple state visit, but many see it as a blatant campaign ploy ahead of elections.With only six weeks to go before general elections on April 9, Berlusconi's cordial visit with President Bush and his invitation to address the U.S. Congress today should earn him some sorely needed positive publicity (and hopefully some votes) at home, where Berlusconi and his center-right coalition government trail in the polls. The honor of addressing a joint session of Congress has gone to very few Italian leaders — only six others in the last 60 years — and none of them has ever been as unconventional as Berlusconi. A proud partner of the United States, Berlusconi is strongly pro-American — so much so that he distanced himself from European allies France and Germany, and even went against Italian popular sentiment to support the United States in Iraq to the tune of 3,000 troops....http://abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=1674287&page=1&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312

Israeli aircraft on Monday blew up a truck carrying Islamic Jihad militants, killing two of them and three bystanders, including two children, Palestinian doctors said. Seven people were wounded, doctors said. The Israeli military confirmed it attacked the truck, saying the target was one of the dead men, Islamic Jihad operative Moner Sukar, who had carried out rocket attacks against Israel. An Islamic Jihad spokesman, who gave his name as Abu Dajana, vowed revenge. ``God willing we are going to get revenge for the honorable blood shed today,'' Abu Dajana told reporters outside a morgue at the Shifa hospital in Gaza. Two passengers killed in the car were Islamic Jihad members, Abu Dajana said. He had originally said that three of those killed were group members. Palestinian doctors said three bystanders, including two boys, 8 and 15, were also killed in the strike. ...http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-5666628,00.html

The Supreme Court refused Monday to consider whether a top judge in Illinois improperly voted to throw out a $1 billion judgment against State Farm after accepting campaign donations from company lawyers and executives. The case raised an important question about judicial ethics: does the Constitution entitle average citizens a day in court before an impartial judge? It was filed on behalf of customers of Bloomington, Ill.-based State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co., the nation's largest insurer. The customers won a class-action lawsuit accusing the company of fraud for refusing to pay for top-quality replacement parts on damaged cars. Illinois Supreme Court Justice Lloyd Karmeier was a deciding vote in a decision to throw out the entire judgment last year. He had been asked to stay out of the case. ...http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-5666626,00.html